Quotes About Stereotypes

As a single woman, I reap the benefits of being Stifler's mom.

My career means, if you're a non-Indian writing about Indians, at least there's one Indian in your rearview mirror.

It's illegal to hire or fire anybody because of their race, appearance, or sexual orientation, but in Hollywood, ironically, it's the reason people will hire or not hire you.

I think the reason they cast me as the good girls is because they couldn't find any in Hollywood.

I still think people do have racial hang-ups, but I think one of the reasons I can joke about it is people are shedding those racial hatreds.

When I first ran for City Council in 2013, I was told over and over again that I would likely lose, and for reasons beyond my control: I was too young, not born in Boston, Asian American, female.

We say of an animal that it is intelligent, and we say the same thing of a woman; but in neither case is it usually appropriate, clearly for very different reasons.

Why don't we focus on what Afghan women can do? They can cook, bear children and pray. As I recall, that was fine for our grandmothers.

I'm blonde and a model, so you can imagine the constant damage my hair receives.

Most of the discrimination I have encountered centered on the view that I am not a part of this great nation, even though I grew up in Ohio, graduated from law school in Washington, D.C., and received my commission in the U.S. Air Force in 1991.

In the 'Mad Men' era, the archetypal dad came home; put down his briefcase; received pipe, Manhattan, roast beef, potatoes, key-lime pie; and was - apparently - content.

If it weren't for received ideas, the publishing industry wouldn't have any ideas at all.

Christians - whether as a priest, a nun, a minister, whatever - have just been stereotyped to death. You try to be a model of kindness and love and forgiveness to all those around you, because you have received kindness and love and forgiveness from God through Christ. That's what Christianity is.

It's always irked me that they always say the white receiver has great hands or runs great routes or is a possession receiver.

Like many other women, I could not understand why every man who changed a diaper has felt impelled, in recent years, to write a book about it.

Until recently, Hollywood offered only a handful of roles to actors of color. The majority of my opportunities have fallen into two categories: Scary Black and Funny Black.

It is reckless to make broad generalizations about any group of people.

People reckon I'm a show pony but I like to look good. And when I'm not living and breathing cricket, I'd much rather drive a fast car or go shopping for clothes than play golf or go fishing.

There are very few parts, and very few scripts, that acknowledge women as sexual beings, or simply just recognise that women have desires.

We just do not get the recognition or the opportunity to play against these men, so obviously you don't see it that often.

I was never going to be the one to get recognition because of my looks.

I still never get recognized. Small, bald white guys like myself - we all kind of look the same.

To be an actor for 30-odd years trying to become recognized, and to end up playing a full prosthetic and a character 3 foot 9', or something like that, is... well, it just shows that you can get actors to do anything.

People always say that I'm just a beautiful face. So immediately, I knew what I wanted. I wanted to be recognized to be more than that.